Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of the Sava River

Lučić, Andreja; Paunović, Momír; Tomović, Jelena; Kovačević, Simona; Zorić, Katarina; Simić, Vladica; Atanacković, Ana; Marković, Vanja; Kračun-Kolarević, Margareta; Hudina, Sandra; Lajtner, Jasna; Gottstein, Sanja; Milošević, Đurađ; Anđus, Stefan; Žganec, Krešimir; Jaklič, Martina; Simčić, Tatjana; Vilenica, Marina

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“…2 ) based on mayfly assemblage generally showed that sampling sites are structured first by ecoregion and then by habitat type. For this reason, due to their morphology and water properties ( Lucić et al 2015 ), the large, slow Pannonian lowland rivers (Sava, Drava, Kupa) are separated from the other sampling sites situated in the Dinaric western Balkan ecoregion. SIMPER analysis (Table 5 ) showed that the Pannonian mayfly community consisted of species that prefer epipotamalic sections of rivers, such as Caenis macrura , Procloeon bifidum , Heptagenia sulphurea and Potamanthus luteus ( Buffagni et al 2007 , 2009 , Bauernfeind and Soldán 2012 ).…”

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Croatian mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera): species diversity and distribution patterns

Vilenica¹,

Gattolliat

Mihaljević³

et al. 2015

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Knowledge of the mayfly biodiversity in the Balkan Peninsula is still far from complete. Compared to the neighbouring countries, the mayfly fauna in Croatia is very poorly known. Situated at the crossroads of central and Mediterranean Europe and the Balkan Peninsula, Croatia is divided into two ecoregions: Dinaric western Balkan and Pannonian lowland. Mayflies were sampled between 2003 and 2013 at 171 sites, and a total of 66 species was recorded. Combined with the literature data, the Croatian mayfly fauna reached a total of 79 taxa. Of these, 29 species were recorded for the first time in Croatia while 15 species were not previously recorded in Dinaric western Balkan ecoregion. Based on the mayfly assemblage, sampling sites were first structured by ecoregion and then by habitat type. In comparison with the surrounding countries, the Croatian mayfly fauna is the most similar to the Hungarian and Bosnian fauna. Some morphologically interesting taxa such as Baetis cf. nubecularis Eaton, 1898 and Rhithrogena from the diaphana group were recorded. Ephemera cf. parnassiana Demoulin, 1958, the species previously recorded only from Greece, was also recorded.

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Croatian mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera): species diversity and distribution patterns

Vilenica¹,

Gattolliat

Mihaljević³

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“…Proximity to the Danube as the major source of NIMS and different colonization history could be responsible for observed differences. However, due to limited extent of previous similar studies in Croatian large rivers (Žganec et al, 2009Lajtner and Crnčan, 2011;Lucić et al, 2015), colonization history of the most abundant and widespread NIMS can only partly be reconstructed. Zebra mussel and mud snail were probably introduced to Drava reservoirs shortly after their construction between 1975 and 1989 either by natural (birds) or some human-mediated vectors.…”

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“…This clearly shows that reservoirs are major source water bodies for this species in Croatian large rivers. However, failure of zebra mussel to establish denser population in the Sava River (few specimens were found in 2011, Lucić et al, 2015) could also be a consequence of some other factors as well, such as dominance of psammopelal and mud covering hard surfaces on the river bottom and severe pollution of the Sava River in the past (Matoničkin et al, 1975). Other NIMS have probably been spreading upstream by ship traffic, while in the Drava River they are spread also by small fishermen's boats or some other vectors (attachment on fisherman's equipment, by birds, mammals, etc.).…”

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“…Large rivers in Croatia, located in Pannonian ecoregion (ER11) (Illies, 1978), are particularly exposed to invasion since they belong to the Danube catchment area and are, thus, part of the so-called southern corridor (Danube-Main-Rhine) (Bij de Vaate et al, 2002), which now represents the most important corridor for spread of Ponto-Caspian NIMS in Europe (Leuven et al, 2009). Except for studies focusing on particular groups of invasive species (Mollusca: Lajtner et al, 2004;Lajtner and Crnčan, 2011;Crustacea: Žganec et al, 2009Crustacea: Žganec et al, , 2015Crustacea: Žganec et al, , 2018Maguire et al, 2011Maguire et al, , 2018, only few studies examined macroinvertebrate assemblages of Croatian large rivers (Matoničkin et al, 1975;Paunović et al, 2012;Lucić et al, 2015). However, assessment of the biocontamination levels of macroinvertebrate assemblages in all major large rivers was never done.…”

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Biocontamination of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in Croatian major rivers and effects on ecological quality assessment

Ćuk¹,

Miliša

Atanacković

et al. 2019

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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We studied the composition of non-indigenous macroinvertebrate species (NIMS) and biocontamination level in four major large Croatian rivers (the Danube, Sava, Drava and Mura) to establish which environmental parameters are the most important for the composition of NIMS assemblages and to determine how NIMS affect biological metrics regularly used in ecological quality assessment. We sampled benthic macroinvertebrates at 48 sites (44 lotic + 4 lentic), and among 236 taxa, 21 NIMS were identified, of which 9 were widespread and abundant. Only 14.6% of sites exhibited no biocontamination, 18.7% exhibited low or moderate biocontamination and 66.7% exhibited high or severe biocontamination. Higher biocontamination in the Drava may be due to both the proximity to the Danube as the main source of NIMS and the existence of three large reservoirs. We found significantly negative correlation between the number of NIMS and native taxa. The significant correlations between biocontamination indices and tested biological metrics were as follows: negative with %EPT, EPT-S, BMWP and IBE AQEM, while positive with HR-SI. This indicates that at sites where NIMS are abundant and native taxa scarce, standard biological metrics could provide unreliable results and compromise the assessment of ecological status of large rivers.

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“…Many European lowland rivers are exposed to various anthropogenic pressures. They are hydromorphologically altered, including the channelization of the river course and habitat degradation due to the construction of hydroelectric power plants (Lucić et al, 2015;Schwarz, 2012). Rivers are also exposed to various types of pollution of urban, pharmaceutical and agricultural origin (Previšić et al, 2020;Vilenica et al, 2020).…”

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Mayflies of the Bednja River, Croatia

Vilenica

Maoduš²,

Mihaljević

2022

Nat Croat

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Here we present the results of a mayfly study conducted on a hydromorphologically altered lowland river in Croatia, the Bednja River. Twenty-two mayfly species were recorded, Baetis fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1761) and Serratella ignita (Poda, 1761) being the most widespread and Paraleptophlebia submarginata (Stephens, 1836) and Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761) the rarest species. A significant increase in mayfly species richness was observed along the river course. Nevertheless, cluster analysis showed that their assemblages were not grouped according to the study position along the Bednja River. The lowest species richness and diversity were recorded for the spring area. Surprisingly, the highest species richness was found at a site with moderate hydromorphological alterations, and the highest diversity at a site with severe hydromorphological alterations. This could be because the river is connected to numerous lateral streams and a variety of microhabitats are available. New distribution records in Croatia are presented for some rare species in Croatian freshwater habitats, such as Heptagenia longicauda (Stephens, 1836). Ephemera lineata Eaton, 1870 was recorded for the first time in the Pannonian lowland ecoregion (ER 11) in Croatia. Caenis cf. pseudorivulorum Keffermüller, 1960 has not yet been recorded in Croatian freshwater habitats, but since our identifications are based on juvenile specimens, its occurrence is still to be confirmed.

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Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of the Sava River

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

Croatian mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera): species diversity and distribution patterns

Croatian mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera): species diversity and distribution patterns

Biocontamination of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in Croatian major rivers and effects on ecological quality assessment

Mayflies of the Bednja River, Croatia

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